The 2023-24 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of CalFire’s Emergency Fire Protection Budget [Publication Details]

May 1, 2023 - In this brief, we discuss the design of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's budget for emergency wildfire response, known as the Emergency Fund (E-Fund). We also provide recommendations for modifying the structure of the E-Fund to enhance legislative oversight and control over department expenditures, while preserving necessary budgetary flexibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4765

The 2023-24 Budget: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Major Capital Outlay Proposals

Feb 21, 2023 - CalFire allowed the expenditure authority for this project to expire in June 2016 due to funding and department workload constraints and differing priorities. At that time, only the preliminary plans phase had been completed. 2021: Funding Provided for Working Drawings .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4693

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan [Publication Details]

Jan 25, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4496

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Energy Policy Changes

Mar 10, 2023 - For  example, as of February 2023, the ESSRRP had committed $654  million for specific expenditures, but $1.4  billion of funding the Legislature appropriated for 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 remained unspent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4735

The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan [Publication Details]

Jun 4, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan [Publication Details] The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan Format: HTML Description: The 2020-21 May Revision includes a $965 million Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) discretionary
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4250

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - (In addition to the amounts shown, the Governor proposes using $1.5  billion of ARP fiscal relief funds to pay for the sate share of direct coronavirus disease 2019 expenditures, resulting in lower General Fund costs by that amount.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - The Governor’s new flood‑related proposals would commit the state to significant discretionary General Fund expenditures in 2023‑24. Importantly, the state currently is experiencing a budget problem, where General Fund revenues already are insufficient to fund existing commitments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire Response Proposals

Jan 28, 2022 - If the Legislature were to reject any of these proposals, it would generally need to repurpose the associated funding for other SAL ‑related purposes, such as tax reductions or an alternative excluded expenditure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4504

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 5, 2020 - Consistent with existing state law, the budget allocates (1) $79  million to backfill state revenue losses from  expanding a manufacturing sales tax exemption and (2)  $42  million to backfill revenue losses from suspending a fire prevention fee that was previously imposed on landowners in State Responsibility Areas (known as the SRA fee).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4275

The 2022-23 Budget: Water and Drought Response Proposals

Jan 31, 2022 - For example, if the Legislature were to reject or approve a lower amount of spending on the proposed water‑related activities that the administration excludes from SAL, it would generally need to repurpose the associated funding for other SAL‑related purposes, such as tax reductions or an alternative excluded expenditure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4509